Delta has reached an agreement with Airbus to extend its order book of the highly efficient, state-of-the-art A220 by 15 aircraft to a total of 90. Delta's future A220 fleet will consist of 40 A220-100 series aircraft and the remaining 50 will be the larger A220-300 variant. Delta anticipates taking its first delivery of the A220-300 in 2020. (news.delta.com) עוד...

I believe the first group to launch will be the 100 series, and those (predictably) will be in and out of AA/ UAL hubs.....Houston, DFW, as well as the NY-BOS shuttle. My guess is (given their limited gates) the next target will be in and out of ORD with the 300 series.

At some point as DL acquires more 220's they'll plop them on the home bases, but for now there's zero incentive to base them in SLC, MSP, or ATL for that matter. They already own those markets. IAD, CLT, and PHL would also be logical candidates I suppose. I'll call Bastian or Tim Mapes and let you know LOL!

Delta looking at the order book for the A-220.Jumping in to get their aircraft before there is a longer backlog even with two plants and expansion at Mirabel. Probably a smart move in the long run as orders pile up as customers express more confidence Airbus can make this work more efficiently. They may be able to expand production further if they drop the A-319 line.

That's an excellent point. As most mainline carriers gravitate toward LR aircraft and ULCC's desire to stuff more souls into stretched 32's,the demand for the 319's will likely decrease - affording them the opportunity to ramp up 220's production.

In a way it is a middle finger to Boeing...Isn't Airbus A220 a rebranded Bombardier CSeries?Didn't Boeing go try their lobbying to block the Canadians instead of designing something the market requested?So, Bombardier made it easy for everyone – a partnership with Airbus on a plane that actually launched a couple years back, but was blocked from entering US market by Boeing.

It was less of "Bombardier made it easy for everyone" and more- Boeing nearly put Bombardier out of business. If Boeing had there way, this aircraft would be dead right now. I'm proud to have its roots be Canadian, but a little less than thrilled how it all played out.

Great another mid-size jetliner that looks exactly like all of the other mid-size jetliners. Once the MD80/90s & 717 are retired commercial airliners will be a boring parade of the 2 engine on wing design.

You forgot a lot of twin engined aircraft out there...They outnumber the 3 and 4 engined aircraft by the thousands. Bombardier Aircraft takeoff and land every 3 seconds globally. Thats a lot of twins not including all of the twins which I believe the 737 is the most popular aircraft simply by sheer numerical superiority on a global playing field. Stay out of the Pickle Juice.

The world operates as a global market. America is not the sole maker of all sizes of aircraft. Get over your xenophobia. Aircraft are made virtually everywhere not just America. Get over your self centered view of global economics. America makes foreign aircraft in my eyes, what about yours?

What's with all the foreign airlines buying American aircraft? Trade is a two way street. Air Canada and Westjet spend BILLIONS on new Boeging jets - whats wrong with Canada getting a little business from the US?

It's the most efficient and one of the most comfortable single aisle since McDonnel Douglas built the DC-9. Fuel efficiency and passenger comfort will fill the seats as long as you stay out of crammed jammed mega sized jets and mini seats and something resembling TV dinner for food. The flight attendants went to the Hitler School of Customer Service.